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Promoters of a failed NHL effort in Bellevue had pitched city officials on creating a sports and entertainment district adjacent to a proposed new arena for the city’s Wilburton district, according to newly released documents.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Glendale City Council voted unanimously in favor of a restructured arena lease agreement with the Arizona Coyotes on Friday, keeping the team in the desert for at least two more years. The deal approved by the seven-member council replaces a 15-year, $225 million arena management agreement signed in 2013. The...

Inside sports business One thing the NHL hoped to do with its expansion process was to determine which ownership groups had some cattle to match their big cowboy hats. From that perspective, mission accomplished. The league received two $10 million applications — $2 million of which is nonrefundable — from corporate heavy hitters in Quebec...

Veteran King County council member Pete von Reichbauer says the non-applications by groups in the Sodo District, Tukwila and Bellevue signal it’s time for arena proponents to “come together” and pool their resources.

Los Angeles businessman Victor Coleman, looking to buy an expansion team to play in a Sodo District arena built by entrepreneur Chris Hansen, has told those working on the deal he won’t file his $10 million application as previously planned.

Wednesday’s vote by the Wisconsin State Senate approving an arena in Milwaukee effectively kills any chance of the NBA returning to Seattle soon. It also means an arena can be built here only with an ‘NHL first’ scenario.